"What Doesn't Kill You Only Makes You Stranger"

Summary: The Teen Titans must face the biggest challenges of their young lives, when an old nemesis from Robin's past comes to Jump City for a visit.

Disclaimer: You all know that I don't own Teen Titans or any other trademarked character, they all belong to their respective owner's! Now that that's over with…ON WITH THE SHOW!!

Chapter 1 He's Coming

Gotham City 11:43 P.M.

A dark jet-like vehicle was speedy down the busy streets of Gotham in pursuit of a black van filled with explosives heading towards a busy party in City Hall. The mysterious man behind the wheel of the jet-like car saw the van turn sharply to the left, making him also take the very dangerous sharp turn, nearly crashing into a stopped vehicle.

"Boss! He's still hot on our tails!" A man yelled from inside the van.

"Don't worry. We're just a few blocks away from the party!" The driver yelled back, grinning evilly and laughing maniacally.

"Just keep him busy!" The driver yelled again, with the same evil grin on his face.

"Okay! Well you heard him" the first man yelled to his partners as he cocked his rifle and aimed it towards the vigilante chasing them.

A rainstorm of bullets went flying at the jet car, bouncing off the window and flying towards the innocent bystanders. People ducked and jumped desperately trying to get out of the way of the bullets and speeding car chase. The masked man shot a net from his car towards the clown-masked criminals, dropping them to the floor of the van.

The driver of the van looked into his mirror to see the people run away and the jet-car still chasing him. He then rammed into a big-rig truck, which made the big-rig turn violently, right in front of the jet-car. The jet-car turned skillfully to drive right under the trailer of the big-rig.

The black van driver continued to ram into cars and make them head towards the speeding pursuer, in an attempt to stop him. But the driver in the jet-car was much too good of a driver, and dodged every car the van crashed into.

"He must really like me to dodge all those obstacles just to get me! It warms my heart" The driver said, shedding a mock tear to look as if he was touched, but instead burst out laughing.

"As much as I return his feelings, this chase is boring me." The driver said stressing the word boring, as he pushed a button that summoned an oil slick from under the van sending the pursuing vehicle spiraling out of control into a jewelry store. He then sped the van up and crashed straight into the big double doors that belonged to the City Hall.

Everyone attending the party screamed in terror as they saw the van smash through the big wooden doors, sending wooden debris everywhere. The driver then kicked his door open, as he began to shoot the ceiling with the machine gun in his hand.

"Not to worry everyone! Your entertainment has finally arrived!" The driver shouted to the terrified people attending the party with an evil grin on his face.

"Now where's the guest of honor?" The driver asked as he scanned the big room.

"But of course you must all know where the mayor is?" He asked again, with a devilish chuckle.

"I have a suggestion for him, about how to run this piss-poor city!" The driver said as he began to crack up again.

Then out of the corner of his eye, he saw a man surrounded by security heading for an exit. He shot in front of the fleeing crowd to get their attention.

"Now, now. How rude would it be for the mayor to leave all of his guests alone, without even saying goodbye?" The sinister man questioned again.

"Oh Boys! Bring the mayor over to me!" The head criminal commanded his henchmen, to which they immediately got out of the van and grabbed the mayor from the security and throwing him in front of their leader.

"What do you want Joker!?" The mayor spat out to the man dressed in a purple suit above him.

"Whaaat? Can't a friend just stop by and crash the party?" The Joker asked, right before the car that was pursuing him earlier came flying into the big room coming to a halt right in front of the Joker and the mayor.

"Speaking of crashing parties…" The Joker said as he began to chuckle again.

The vehicle then opened up to reveal a man dressed in full black body armor, complete with a utility belt filled with gadgets and weapons, and a mask that resembled a bat. The man then stood up and walked over to the Joker.

"Leave these people alone Joker" The man said calmly but still with a deep threatening husky voice.

"But I merely wanted to tell the mayor, how lousy of a job he's doing running this city!" The Joker said laughing again

"Freaks like you are what make this city horrible!" The mayor yelled out angrily

"Here's a suggestion for a new rule…" The Joker began as he drew his weapon in front of the mayor's face.

"NO RULES!" The Joker yelled as he began to laugh gleefully, pushing the trigger but to his dismay he missed his target because of the Batman grabbing his arm and turning it to the ceiling.

The mayor and the party guests all began to run out of the building in fear of being shot.

"You're no fun Batman!" Joker yelled with a disappointed look on his face

"This is the end Joker! The people of this city have had it with you. And quite frankly…" Batman began to say as he came closer to his arch foe.

"So have I!" Batman finished as he threw a punch to the Joker's face knocking him off his feet.

"Now wait Batman!" Joker began again as he layed on the ground

"Your right about this city. Gotham is just worthless to me now!" Joker began, growing a smirk on his face.

"We have been doing this for years now Batman!" Joker continued, slowly getting to his feet.

"I need a new start! Fresh meat if you will" Joker said, with the smirk never leaving his face.

"What you need, is a cell! Deep in the halls of Arkham Asylum!" Batman retorted

"Oh but the asylum is getting too easy to escape from now!" The Joker laughed as he squeezed the gag-flower on his suit that sprayed out a green gas at Batman making him fall to the ground, on the verge of unconsciousness.

"I always wondered what ever happened to Robin!" Joker looked down at Batman, chuckling evilly again.

"IF… YOU… TOUCH HIM! I'LL…" Batman threatened weakly

"You won't even have the chance! Because as we were having our heart to heart talk, my 'jesters' have already planted bombs all over city hall!" The Joker began. Batman's eyes grew wide, knowing where this was going.

"It's a shame you won't be around to see little Robin all grown up now." Joker chuckled evilly as he began to walk out of the building.

"It's been a time and half Batman, but if you'll excuse me I've got a chopper to Jump City I have to catch!" Joker yelled as a helicopter landed in front of city hall.

"But don't worry! I'll make sure you have front row seats for the fireworks!" Joker laughed as he pointed to the detonator in his hands.

Batman tried to crawl towards the Batmobile with all the strength he had left, but the green-gas that was sprayed at him, finally kicked in. Batman's body was now completely paralyzed.

"JOKER!" Batman managed to yelled

"I don't know why I never thought of this before!" The Joker laughed as he boarded the chopper.

"JOKER!" Batman yelled louder

"SO LONG BATMAN! I'LL BE SURE TO SAY HI TO ROBIN FOR YOU!!" The Joker yelled again, before laughing hysterically as he pressed the button on the detonator as the chopper flew away.

"ROOOOOOOOOOBIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!!!!!!!!!" Batman yelled at the top of his lungs as the city hall blew up in a tremendous explosion, engulfing the building and everything inside of it in flames.

"HE HA HA HA HA!!!" The Joker laughed even harder as he watched the demise of city hall and Batman, in flames.

"Ah!" Robin gasped as he woke up with a start. He continued to breathe heavily as he looked out his window to see the dark sky and the city.

"What was that all about?" Robin asked himself as he got out of bed and walked over to the common room for a glass of water. He entered the room and walked over to the cabinets to get a glass. As he filled it with water he heard footsteps behind him.

"Who's there?!" Robin asked, startled at who would be up this late at night.

"Robin? Is everything fine?" Starfire asked with concern

"Oh Starfire, it's you. No everything's fine." Robin said relieved to find Starfire at the door.

"I heard you yell in your room, and I wanted to see if you were okay." Starfire said again still concerned.

"Thanks Star, I'm fine. I'm sorry if I woke you up." Robin apologized as he drank his water.

"Did you have a bad dream?" Starfire questioned again

"No it wasn't a bad dream. I don't why but, I just felt like… something really bad happened." Robin said turning away from Starfire.

"Oh" Was all Starfire could say, as she flew over to Robin and put a reassuring hand on his shoulder.

"I'm sure everything will be fine by tomorrow morning." Starfire said with a smile on her face, which made Robin smile back.

"Thanks star…C'mon let's get some sleep." Robin said as he began to walk back to his room, but felt something in his hand. He looked down to see Starfire's hand in his. He blushed lightly as they walked back to their rooms.

"Hey Raven can I talk to you for a second" Beast Boy asked the half-demon member of the team, as she was reading a very thick book.

"What is it?" Raven asked lifting her face from her book, with a straight voice and face to match.

"Well, for starters…um h-how are y-you doing" Beast Boy asked nervously with a sheepish smile

"Fine" Raven answered unemotionally

"Um c-cool, cool." Beast Boy replied

"Beast Boy can you stop beating around the bush, and spit it out" Raven retorted a bit frustrated

"Okay, okay! Sheesh!" Beast Boy stalled a bit

"Raven I like you, and I mean as in more than a friend. And I just wanted to know if you felt the same way." Beast Boy blurted out smacking both of his hands over his face, only moving his pointer fingers from his eyes, to see Raven's reaction. To his surprise she wasn't mad, but instead had a smile on her face.

"Wow Beast Boy. I'm glad you said that because, as of lately I've been starting to like you more than a friend too." Raven replied honestly, with a hint of happiness in her voice.

"Really?!?" Beast Boy asked surprised at what he just heard

"y-ya" Raven replied timidly

"Wow! That's awesome!" Beast Boy shouted excitingly, which made Raven giggle

"Shall we seal it with a kiss then?" Beast Boy asked coolly, wiggling his eyebrows cockily

"I guess" Raven answered blushing a bit as she leaned over to Beast Boy. As they moved in closer and closer, their lips finally met, in a soft but much enjoyed kiss.

"Mmmmm…Raven you smell like lavender…" Beast Boy began but then all of sudden when his eyes opened up again, he no longer saw Raven in front of him, instead he saw that he was kissing his pillow.

"Aaaaaw man! It was just a dream??" Beast Boy asked disappointedly

"Great! As if Raven wasn't already enough of a tease!" Beast Boy said to himself as he looked over at his clock which read 1: 03 A.M.

"Well might as well get a good night sleep." Beast Boy said to himself as he layed his head back on his pillow yawning.

"Because come tomorrow morning, I'm making that dream a reality!" Beast Boy exclaimed proudly to himself as he drifted back to sleep.

End of Chapter 1

A/N: Well everyone, that's the corner stone for this upcoming story with EPIC PROPORTIONS! So buckle up, and get ready for a story that will blow your mind! That is if your reviews show that you like the story to begin with. Well like always, read and review (I live on reviews!) and stay beautiful!